Neighbors with Snape

"How did it go?"

"The thing's still there."

After returning to Diagon Alley, Kyle immediately slipped into the Weasley brothers' shop.

Before anyone else noticed him, he changed back into his own clothes and said, "I saw it. That Vanishing Cabinet is in Borgin and Burkes."

"Great," Fred said excitedly. "That means as long as we keep an eye on the entrance to Knockturn Alley, we'll be able to track the Death Eaters' movements."

"Or we could just take control of Borgin and Burkes directly," George said. "It works out perfectly—we deal with Dark magic items now, so we could find any excuse to inspect the place."

"I'd advise you not to do that. You might alert them," Kyle warned from the side. "Borgin is a crafty man. If he notices anything off and informs the Death Eaters, all our previous plans will have been for nothing. We just need to maintain the current situation.

"And I also saw signs of a werewolf in Knockturn Alley."

"A werewolf?" Fred was startled.

Their shop was less than a hundred feet from the entrance to Knockturn Alley. If there really was a werewolf there, this was hardly a safe location.

"Yes. I guessed he'd been hiding in Knockturn Alley all along, then later pledged himself to Voldemort and was sent to watch Borgin and Burkes," Kyle said.

"No way," Fred said. "I heard Lupin mention it before. He said the werewolves in Knockturn Alley were all driven out by Fenrir Greyback. They're pathetically weak. Even if they wanted to serve Voldemort, he probably wouldn't think much of them."

"Then he must have snuck in," Kyle said. "At least, when I passed by him, I sensed danger. He was definitely a strong werewolf."

"Then how could you be sure he had anything to